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COLLIER AND COAL-HANDLING APPARATUS.

Specification of Letters Yatent.

Patented Dec. 21, 1909.

Application filed December 26, 1903. Seriallq'o. 186,552.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, THoaiAs SPENCER MILLER, a citizen of the UnitedStates, and a resident of'South Orange, county of Essex, and State ofNew Jersey haveinvented a new and useful Improvement in Colliers andCoal-Handling Apparatus, of which the fol'-,

lowing is a specification.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a plan view of a colliercontaining my invention. Fig. 2 is a vertical longitudinal section ofthe same. Fig. 3 is a detail showing in plan view the trackways andwinches between decks.- Fig. 4 is a vertical cross section. Fig. 5 is alongitudinal section-of two compartments. Figs. 6 to 15, inclusive, aredetails. Fig. 16 is a modification in cross section. .Fig. 17' is a sideelevation of the forward half of the collier with a coaling at searopewaylike that. shown in my Patents Nos. 637143 and 691911.

A is the collier and B, the war ship along- .side taking coal therefrom.

C is a barge which, in Fig. 16,,is taking or delivering coal alon sideof the collier. The hull of the collier is subdivided amidships into thecoal compartments D, D, D D 1), l), each of which extends athwart shipsand which are separated from each other and from the balance of the holdby the water tight partitions. d.

E and F are the engine and boiler for propelling the ship, bothof whichare located in a compartment aft. The compartment G in the bowaccommodates the crew and their appliances.

H is the main deck containing the hatches 71. and I the shelter deckcontaining the hatches i. The hull has a broad beam and is provided withthe bilge keels a a for steadiness. This construction of the hulldivides the cargo of coal into separate compartments which are locatedamidships and each of which extends across the vessel so that anycompartment may be filled with water with the least effect upon thestability or buoyancy of the vessel. Since the partiat? the'pdrtitionsis not interfered with.

The masts of the collier J, J, J and J 3 are preferably vertical and arepreferably located with a pair of compartments between every two. Theyare also extraordinarily high, extending to an elevation of say onehundred feet above deck in a ship designed for carrying eight to tenthousand tons of coal; being, therefore, much higher than the navigationof such 'a steamship re quires.

j is a cable or stay extending between the masts and secured near thetop of each of the masts. The elevation of this stay afforded by-theextraordinary height of the masts is important for giving a sufficientlyelevated support for the sheaves which form part of the hoistingappliances. A separate hoisting appliance is preferably provided foreac1 pair of coal compartments Which' may be described as follows; adescription of one answering for a description of all.

1 is a clam-shell bucket. 2 and 3 are the ropes by which it issuspended, hoisted, opened and closed and which extend from the bucketupward between the guidesheaves 4, 5 and 6 over the sheaves within theblock 7 fixed to the cable at a point vertically above the hopper.Thence said ropes extend downwardly around the guidesheaves at 8 to theropedrum engine 9 where the ropes 2 and 3 are respectively coiled uponthe rope-drums 10 and 11. The drum 11 operates the rope whereby theclam-shell bucket is closed and hoisted and is fast to the spur wheel12, which may be driven in either direction by the engine. The drum 10operates the rope 2 whereby the clam-shell bucket is held so as to beopened for dumping by the lowering of the rope 8. The drum 10 is drivenfrom the 13 and is also provided with a friction bandbrake -14.

lVhen the bucket has been hoisted to a suflicient height its movementfrom above the loading position to above the discharging position isaccomplished by a swinging or pendulum movement. To this end, the guidesheaves 4:, 5 and 6 are mounted upon a swinging frame15, shown in Figs.10 and 1 1, which is a rope-supported and operated frame. 16 is a ropefixed to one end of said swinging frame and extending over the sheave 17secured to the mast J and thence to thedrum 18 of engine 9. Said drum 18drum 11 by an interposed friction clutch is operated from the spur wheel12 through the interposed friction member 19 and is also controlled bythe friction band-brake 20. 21 is a rope fixed tothe opposite end of theswinging frame 15 and extending over the sheave 22 on the mast J anddown to the rope-drum 23 of. theengine 24, shown in Figs. 14 and 15. Thedrum 23 is driven from the continuously running spur wheel 25 throughthe interposed friction plate 26, which is ofv such character as topermit, at certain stages of the'operation, of sufficient slipping tohold the rope 21 under tension.

While the bucket 1 is .being loaded and hoisted by the operation of thedrum 11, the'drum 18 is held stationary by a brake 20 and the drum 23exercises a constant tension upon the rope 21. As soon as the bucket israised to the desired height, the engine 9 is stopped, the brake 20 ofthe drum 18 is relaxed permitting the frame 15 to swing from theposition shown in full lines to that shown in dotted lines in Fig. 5.The drum 23 in the meantime, by reason of its constant tension upon therope 21, promptly takes up that rope and insures that the frame 15completes its swinging movement with promptness. The constant tensionupon the rope 21 also tends, at all stages of the operation, to steadythe frame 15 against undesired movements. For the vertical support ofthe frame 15 (which may be of considerable weight in order toaccommodate sheaves of sutlicient size to prevent the undue wearing ofthe ropes) the following additional means may be employedi 27 is a ropefixed at its lower end to the top of the frame 15 and at its upper endto the block 7, so as to carry the weight of the frame 15 at all partsof its swinging movement. However, if desired, the rope 27 may berelieved of this weight by hoisting the bucket sufficiently so that itcontacts with and raises the frame 15 so as to slack the rope 27. Acollision between thebucket and the swinging frame, due either tocarelessness or intention, produces no disaster because the rope supportof the frame perm-its the bucket to push it upward.

The bagging or trolley-loading mechanism is shown in detail in Figs. 6and 7. It consists of a hopper 30 located vertically beneath each block7 and above the partition (1 between each compartment so as to be inosition to receive the coal dumped from the uckct. 1 when its ,ropeshave swung into approximately vertical position. The outlet from thehopper connects with thetwo delivery boxes 31 and arranged in'athwartship position. The outlet to each of these boxes is controlled by one ofthe slides 33 which, in turn, iscontrolled by the rack and pinion 3 1,By the movement of the slides 33 the contents of the hopper 36 may bedeflected at will into either or both delivery box 31 or 32. 36 is apartial bottom to the box 32 extending fromone side a little more thanhalf across the same. A corresponding partial bottom extends from theopposite side of the box 31 a little .more than half way across thesame. The two bags at a resting upon the platform 37 are held openbybrackets 38 beneath the opening in the floor of the box 32. The two bags5 I) resting upon the platform 39 are held open by the brackets 40beneath the opening through the floor of the box 31. The coal whichfalls into the delivery box 32 either passes directly through theopening in its bottom into the bags a, a or rests temporarily on thepartial floor 36 until raked off of it into the bags by the attendant.The coal. takes a corresponding course through the delivery box 31 intothe bags Z) Z). In this manner, the coal from the hopper 30 is dividedinto four parts and loaded into four bags which are of adequate size tohold the capacity of the bucket 1.

The trolley mechanism is as follows: ll and. 42, 43 and 414 are therails of two trackways extending athwart ship overhead between decks onopposite sides of the delivery boxes 31, 32. Each of these trackways iscontinued around the side of the hatehways, as indicated in Fig. 3.Trolley wheels 45 on these trackways suspend the frames 16 and 47 fromthe adjacent side of which the platforms 37 and 39 extend inversely sothat each platform underlies a portion of a hatchway. The rail 18overlies the trolley wheels running on the rail 41 and the rail 49overlies the trolley wheel running on the rail 14. By the arrangementabovedescribed, the bags are transported on the trolley platforms 37 and39 from the loading position beneath the hoppers to any hatchway of thevessel through which the apparatus operates for the delivery of the bag;said hatchways being designated i in the drawings in which fourbag-delivery apparatuses are shown, a description of one of which willanswer for all.

The bag-delivery apparatus consists of a hoisting rope 5O suspending ahook 51 and extending over the sheave of block 52 se- The rope 66 fastto one end of the swinger frame 63 passes thence around the sheave ofblock 62 and the sheave 67 to the rope-drum 68 of engine 24, whichrope-drum is controlled by the friction-clutch 69 fast to spur ,Saidslipping friction enables the drum 73 to maintain constant tension uponthe ropes 71 and 66 which aids in controlling the movements of theswinger frame 63 with promptness and against undersirable vibration. henthe clutch 69 is set, it overpowers the friction 74: and the swingerframe moves toward block 62; but when the friction clutch 69 is unset,it permits the friction '74 to move the swinger frame toward the block61. In this way, the hoisting rope 50 may be swung outboard at theadjacent side ofthe ship or across the ship and outboard on the oppositeside carrying the bags through either of the courses indicated by brokenlines in Fig. 16. Or, as

shown in Fig. 4, the block 61 may be securedto one of the shrouds 77which admits of the bags being carried outboard only on one side of thevessel.

78 is a rope fixed at one end to the swinger frame 63-and at theopposite end to the block 52 and which serves to relieve the ropes 66and 71 from the weight of the swinger frame 63. When the bags areraised, the stop or guard 79 striking against the bottom of frame 63 mayraise the same so as to slacken the rope '78, as shown in Figs. 4 and16, thereby imposing the weight of the swinger block, as well as of thebags, on the hoisting rope.

It will be observed that each of the booms is set at an ang e with theplane i'n-Which the fall 50 of the fall-rope swings. In this way,thefall has a clear open space within which to swing from the extremityof the boom (30 toward the block 61. It will also be observed that therope 7 S which may be conveniently referred to as a pendulum rope, issufliciently long so that the swinger-block 63 swings in a coursesubstantially below the level of the booms. I also prefer that thependulum rope 78 should extend to a sufficiently elevated support sothat said rope is longer than the length of the boom, as shown, havingfound that thereby the load can be handled most conveniently. It willalso be observed that the elevation of the hoisting rope sheave abovethe deck H is more than three times the depth of the hold and that itselevation above the deck I is more than twice'the depth of the hold. Itwill also be observed that the partitions d of the hull are'solocatedthat the fall rope sheave 52 is above approximately the middle ofa compartment between two of said partitions and that the booms 59 and60 starting from approximately above the partition at one end of thecompartment. extend outboard of said compartment on opposite sides tomeet the swinger ropes (36 and 71 extending across above saidcompartment.

\Vhen all of the above features for controlling the movements of thefall 50 are attended to, an exceedingly simple and easyto-be-stowed-away apparatus is provided which whenemployed on shipboardneed not interfere with the navigation of the ship and which willhandlethe load with the greatest possible precision, facility and throughout aclear open space free from all obstructions.

The operationof the whole apparatus may be described as follows: Whenthe collier is beingnavigated, if any of the coal compartments should bepunctured the permanent divisions cl will prevent the flooding of itfrom affecting the other portions of the ship. When the collier isdelivering coal to a war ship or other receptacle alongside, as in thestill waters of a harbor, the full apparatus, shown in Figs. 1 to 15,will preferably be employed. In this case, the coal is hoisted andconveyed by the series of buckets 1 from the series of coal compartmentsto the series of hoppers 30, by each of which hoppers it is deliveredthrough the shelter deck into four bags between decks, two on eachtrolley car. The two trolley cars from each hopper run to separatedelivery hatches, but at each delivery hatch a trolley car from twohoppers meet so that four bags are presented to each bag-deliveryapparatus whereby they are hoisted from between decks and carriedout-board and lowered onto the war ship. Thus, it will be seen that withthe three buckets simultaneously working, as indicated in Figs. 1 and 2,twelve bags of coal will be simultaneously delivered onto the warship,and assuming that each bag contains one quarter of a ton, thisrepresents three tons. Since it has been demonstrated that one man canonly shovel about one ton per hour into bags, an output of 300 tons perhour, which is easily within the capacity of my apparatus, would require300 shovelers, from which the enormous saving of labor in my apparatuswill be realized. Moreover, the limited number in the crew of a colliercould not provide so great a number of shovelers, who would be takenlargely from the crew of the battleship and thus make the crew of thebattleship shorthanded for disposing of the bags ofcoal as fast asdelivered onto the war ship. 'l.herefore, under ordinary conditions, myapparatus supplies a substitute for labor, permitting the coaling of aship with maximum rapidity.

In case of coaling at sea, I substitute in place'of the-above describedbag-delivery apparatus, a single coaling-at-sea cableway, as shown at K,(Fig. 17) the preferable construction of which is described in mypatentfrom the elevator car 70 No. 691,911, and provided with anelevator 7.: adapted to hoist the bags from the trolley platform 37,shown at the bottom of the ele- "vator, to the level of thecoaling-at-sea cableway there to bereceived by the carriage It" In thiscase, the trolley track runs from each of the various hatchways to thefoot of theelevator. By this combination of the hoisting and trolleyapparatus on the collier with the-coalingat-seat cableway,the fullcapacity of the coaling-at-sea cableway may be made available becausenot impeded by the slowness in supply of bagged coal oil the collierwhich has heretofore been one of the most serious causes of delay. I

Although I have, in the foregoing specification, described a completeequipment for the continuous handling of the coal all the way from theholdof the collier to its delivery in bags on another ship, I do notwish to limitmyself to the use of the whole apparatus, since-I am awarethat my invention embodies many different parts which are capable ofseveral as well as joint use, and each and all of which I intend toclaim.

I have used the term f bags in a broad sense; any receptacle may be usedin place of bags.

The operator for each engine stands on a bridge, such as Z in full viewof the load while above deck.

Ilaving thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secureby LettersPatent:-

1. In a boat, in combination, two masts, a line between the topsthereof, a hoistingrope-sheave secured to said line, a hoistingrope anda guide whereby said hoisting-rope is swung toward one of said masts.

'2. In a boat, in combination, two masts, a pair of compartments in thehull between said masts, a line between the tops of said masts, ahoisting-rope-sheave secured to said line, a hoisting-rope, a receiverabove the partition between saidcompartments and a fore and aft movingguide whereby said hoisting-rope may be swung from said receiver overeither of said compartments.

3. In a boat, in combination, two masts, a line between the topsthereof, a hoistingrope, a hoisting-rop'esl1eave secured to said line, aswinger guide whereby said hoisting- ;rope swung toward one of saidmasts,

ropes extending from said guide toward each mast and an actuator forsaid rope.

4-. In a boat, in combination, the deck containing hatchways, ahoisting-engine located on the deck between two hatchways, an elevatedhoisting-rope-sheave, a delivery apparatus between other hatclnvays anda fore and aft moving swinger guide whereby said h01st1ng-rope 1S swungbetween the hatch- Ways and the delivery apparatus.

5. In a boat, in combination, a hoisting and conveying apparatusextending from the hold. above the deck and thence horizontally, hopperat the delivery point of said apparatus extending between decks anddelivering into bags, and a bag-carryingtrolley between decks.

6. In a boat, in combination, a series of. transverse partitionsdividing the hold into compartmentsextending from side to side, ahoisting and conveying apparatus extend ing from a compai tmentabovedeck, and a trolley beside the hatchway on deck whereby the cargo fromsaid compartments is carried from the delivery point of said hoistingapparatus to another part of said boat.

7. In a boat, in combination, a hoisting apparatus from the hold ondeck, a hopper through which said hoisting apparatus delivers throughdeck, a trolley between decks and a delivery apparatus ofi' deck;

' In a boat, in combination, a self-loading bucket, an apparatus wherebyit is hoisted from the hold 011 deck, an apparatus whereby its load isdistributed into bags, means whereby said bags are transferred toanother part of the boat and an apparatus 4 whereby the bags aredeliveredotl deck.

9. In a boat, in combination, ahoisting apparatus ,from' the hold abovedeck, a distributing apparatus in to bags, a trolley apparatus for thebags along deck and a bag delivery apparatus ofi deck.

10. In a boat, in combination, aselfloading bucket, an apparatus wherebyit is through deck, two trackwa-ys between decks,

one on each side the outlet from said hopper and cars mounted on saidtrackways and eX' tending under said outl. i.

13. In a boat. in combination, a hatchway, a hoist operating throughsaid hatchway, trackways extending on both sides of'said hatchway andmeeting cars on said trackways and means whereby the load is dividedbetween the cars of both trackways at said 'meeting point.

14. In a boat, in combination, two hatch- -Ways, trackways runningfromboth of said hatclnvays to a meeting point, cars on sa1 trackways, ahoist-whereby said cars areloaded at separate hatchways and a deliveryapparatus to which said cars deliver their loads at said meeting point.

15. In a boat, in combination, two hatchways, a hoist through the firsthatchway, a conveyer between decks from the first to a second hatchway,and a hoist through the second hatchway.

16. In a boat, two decks containing two hatchways, a hoist through thefirst hatchway above deck, a passage from the delivery of the hoistthrough the upper deck, a conveyer between decks t0 the second hatchwayand a hoist through the second hatchway from between decks above theupper deck.

17. In combination, two rope-drum engines, a hoisting rope extendingfrom a drum of the first engine over an elevated sheave from which itsfall is pendent, a swinger guide engaging said fall, a rope connectingsaid swinger guide with a drum of the first.

. hoisting-rope-sheave in supported relation therewith at an elevationabove the ordinary boat equipment, a hoisting-rope and a fore and aftmoving guide whereby said hoisting rope is swung.

20. In a boat, in combination, two masts, a line between the same at anelevation above the ordinary boat equipment, a I hoistingrope-sheavecarried by said line, a hoistingrope and a guide whereby saidhoisting-rope 1s swung.

21. In a boat, in combination, the partitions dividing the hold intotransverse compartments, the decks H and I, means whereby the cargo ishoisted through and above said decks and lowered between the samethrough the deck I and means whereby it is transported between .saiddecks.

22. In a boat, in combination, the decks H and I, means whereby thecargo is hoisted through and above said decks and lowered between thesame through the deck I and means whereby it is transported between saiddecks. I

23. In a boat, in combination, the decks H and I, means whereby thecargo is hoisted through and above said decks and lowered between thesame through the deck I, means whereby it is transported between saiddecks and means whereby it is again hoisted through and above said deckI.

24. In a boat, in combination, a hoisting apparatus containing a dumpingload receptacle, means on the boat through which the load is filled intobags, means whereby said bags are transported horizontally from one partof the boat to an'other and means lwhereby the bags are transported offthe oat.

25. In a boat, in combination, a hoisting apparatus, a baggingapparatus, a bag transporting trolley and means for delivering the bags01f the boat.

26. In a boat, in combination, the two decks H and I, apparatus forhoisting the cargo through and above said decks and apparatus extendingthrough the deck I whereby it is filled into bags, a bag trans: portingtrolley and a hoisting apparatus whereby the bags are delivered fromsaid trolley.

27. In a boat, in combination, a plurality of hoisting and baggingapparatuses and means whereby the bags from said plurality are conveyedto the same point of delivery and means whereby they are delivered ofithe boat.

28. In a boat, in combination, the deck having a hatchway, for conveyingthe cargo from the hold, a bagging apparatua fore or aft of thehatchway, means whereby the bags are conveyed from said baggingapparatus to one side of the boatand thence along said side and anapparatus whereby the bags are delivered 01? the boat.

29. In a boat, in combination, a hoisting apparatus raising the cargofrom the hold, a car whereon bags are held while being filled with saidcargo andtransported to another part of-the boat and an apparatuswhereby said bags are delivered off of said boat.

30. In a boat, in combination, the two decks H and I, an apparatushoisting the.

cargo from the hold, an actuator therefor between said decks, a conveyerbetween said decks and an apparatus delivering the same off the boat. a

31. In a boat, in combination, the two decks Hand I, an apparatushoisting the cargo from the hold, a conveyer between said decks and anapparatus hoisting the cargo from said conveyer through said deck I anddelivering the same ofi the boat. 32. In a boat, in combination, the twodecks H and I, an apparatus for hoisting the cargo from the hold, anapparatus for delivering it off the boat, a conveyer between deckswhereby it is carried from one apparatus to the other, the actuatingmechanism for said apparatus located between said decks and thecontroller therefor located above said deck I. I

33. In a boat, in combination, .a self-load ing and self-dumpingapparatus for hoisting the cargo from the hold, a car holding the bagwhile. being filled and conveying the same to another part of the boatand apparatus whereby the bag is delivered from saidhoisting-rope-sheave in supported relationtherewith at an elevationabove the ordinary boat equipment, a hoisting rope, a swinger guideswinging the same from a osition overinie part of the boat to a positionover another part of the same and a receptacle on the boat receiving theload from said hoisting rope.

36; In a boat, in combination, a hoistingrope, a swinger-guide swingingthe same between two positions on the boat and a receptacle on the boatto which the load is delivered by said swinging rope.

37. In a boat, in combination, the hatchway, a bagging apparatus on theboat, a hoisting rope and a swinger-guide swinging the rope between thehatchway and the bagging apparatus.

38. In a boat, in combination, the hatchway, a conveyer on the boat, ahoisting rope and a swinger-guide swinging the rope between the hatchwayand the conveyer.

39. In combination with a eableway and a boat forming the head-supporttherefor, of the following partsmounted'on said boat whereby the cargomay be transferred from the hold of said boat to said cableway, viz: anapparatus hoisting from the hold a conveyer running fore and aft at theside of the hatchway and an elevator from the tel minus of said trolleyto said cableway.

40. In combination with a cableway and a boat forming the head-supporttherefor, of the following parts mounted on said boat whereby the cargomay be transferred from the hold of said boat to said cablewa'y, viz: anapparatus hoisting from the hold a conveyer running fore and aft and abagging apparatus. Y

41. In combination with a cableway and a boat forming the head-supporttherefor, of

the following parts mounted on said boat whereby the cargo may betransferred from the hold of said boat to said cableway, viz: anapparatus hoisting from the hold, a selfloading load-receptacletherefor, a carholding the bag while being filled and running from saidhoisting apparatus toward said cableway.

42. In combination, a hoisting rope, an actuator therefor, an elevatedhoisting rope sheave, a swinger-frame engaging the fall of said.hoisting rope, swinger ropes connected with said swinger-frame andextending laterally from said fall in opposite directions and a'pendulumrope by which said swingerframe is suspended from a point adjacent tosaid elevated hoisting rope sheave.

4 3. In combination, a hoisting rope,'an actuator therefor, an elevatedhoisting rope sheave, aswinger-frame engaging the fall of said hoistingrope, swinger ropes connected with said swinger-frame and extendinglaterally from said fall in opposite directions and a pei'idulum rope bywhich said swinger-frame is suspended from the block of said elevatedhoisting rope sheave.

4-1. In combination, a. hoisting rope, an actuator therefor, anelevated'hoist'ing rope sheave, a swinger-frame engaging the fall ofsaid hoisting rope, swinger ropes connected with said swinger-frame andextending laterally from said fall in opposite .directions and apendulum rope by which said swinger-frame is suspended from an elevationand guide wheels for said hoisting rope mounted on said swing'erframe.

4.5. In a boat, in combination, a series of transverse partitionsdividing the hull into compartments, a hoisting rope, an elevatedhoisting rope sheave above a compartment, a boom extending at an anglewith a partition to a point outboard from said compartment, aswinger-frame engaging the fall of the hoisting rope above saidcomp'artment said fall being capable of free movement through saidswinger frame and a swinger rope extending thence to said boom.

etti. In a boat, in combination, a series oftransverse partitionsdividing the hull into.

.traverse rope passing over said sheaves, a

flying. trolley supported and moved horizontally by said horizontaltraverse rope, aguide sheave carried by said support above the trolleyand a hoisting rope passing over said last named guidesheave and throughsaid trolley to be moved horizontally therewith to one side or theother;

48. In combination, a boat containing a' hatchway, hoisting rope sheave52 located above' sa d hatohway, a hoisting rope 50, a swinger frame 63engaging the fall of said hoisting rope, sheaves 61 and 62 on oppositeports for said sheaves and a swinger rope comprising an outhaul and aninhaul extending from said swinger frame to each of said shea Q1 and 62and actuators for said hoisting and swinger ropes;

49. In combination, a boat containing a hatchway, a hoisting rope sheave52 located above said hatchway at an elevation above the ordinary boatequipment, a hoisting rope 50, a swinger frame (33 engaging the fall ofsaid hoisting rope, sheaves (31 and on opposite sides of said hatchway,said sheave (52 being outboardfrom the side of the boat, supports forsaid sheaves and a swinger rope comprising an outhaul and an inhaulextending from said swinger frame to each a of said sheaves ($1 and andactuators for said hoisting'and swinger ropes.

50. In combination, a boat containing a hatchway, a hoisting rope sheave52 located above said hatchway, a support therefor standing at one endof said hatchway, a hoisting rope 50, a swinger frame (53 engaging thefall of said hoisting rope, sheaves (31. and (32 on opposite sides ofsaid hatchway, said sheave 62 being outboard from theside of the boat,supports for said sheaves, a swinger engine at the end of said l1atchway and a swinger rope comprising an inhaul and an outhaulextendiug'from said swinger frame transversely to said hatchway to eachof said sheaves (51 and (32 and thence diagonally to said hatchway tosaid swinger engine.

51. In combination, a boat containing a hatchway, a hoisting rope sheavelocated above said hatchway, a hoisting rope 50, a swinger frame (33embracing the fall of said hoisting rope, sheaves 61 and 62 onopposwinger frame engaging the fall thereof, an

outhaul-swinger rope, an inhaul-swinger rope and aswinger-frame-suspender rope.

53. In combination, a boat containing a hatchway, a hoisting, ropesuspended above said hatchway, a swinger frame 63 engaging the fall ofsaid hoisting rope, swinger ropes comprising an outhaul G6 and an inhaul71 extending transversely across said hatchway and outboard on one sidethereof and a swinger-frame-suspender rope 78.

54. In combination, 'a boat containing a hatchway, a mast, ahoisting-ropesheave offset from said mast, a hoisting rope extendinginto the hatchway', its actuator, two booms extending at an angle witheach other to points on opposite sides of the fall of said hoistingrope, a swinger frame embracing said fall in the open space between theextremities of saidbooms and swinger ropes connected with said swingerframe and comprising an outhaul and an inhaul extending, respectively tothe extremities of said booms.

In combination, a boat containing a hatchway, a mast, a hoisting-ropesheave off set from the mast, a hoisting rope extendnig into thehatchway, its actuatorat oueend of the hatchway, a swinger frameengaging the fall of the hoisting rope, swinger ropes comprising anout-haul 66 and an inliaul 71 extending transversely across saidhatchway and outboard on one side thereof, the swinger sheaves 1 and 62and swinger rope actuators.

56. In a boat, in combination, a. series of transverse partitionsdividing the hold into compartments extending from side to side, ahoisting rope, the fall of which extends into one of said compartments,a sheave therefor located above said compartment, swinger ropescomprising an inhaul and an outhaul extending transversely across saidcompartment and to an outboard position on one side thereof andactuators for said ropes.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto signed my name in the presence oftwo subscribing witnesses.

THOMAS SPENCER MILLER.

Witnesses RICHARD W. SEABURY, JOHN J. DERRICK.

